Mae West: A Cosmic Joke

MAE WEST is back onscreen. This assessment of her Blu-ray line-up is by Stephen Schaefer. This is Part 1 of 12 segments, courtesy of Stephen Schaefer’s series: Hollywood and Mine.
• • Mighty, Mighty Mae • •
• • Celebrate Mae West! • •  
• • Stephen Schaefer  wrote: There are no less than 9 new Blu-rays celebrating the career, the scandalous, culture-changing Hollywood legend Mae West and her cinematic legacy.  

• • Stephen Schaefer  wrote: A vaudevillian who moved to Broadway and in the 1920s, wrote and starred in her own plays and was jailed for obscenity, Mae West, for all of her cinematic triumphs, found her greatest role in playing /being Mae West.
• • Stephen Schaefer  wrote: Mae West, Brooklyn born on August 17, 1893, saved Paramount Pictures from bankruptcy [sic] during the Great Depression.  
• • Stephen Schaefer  wrote: Her insouciant worldly awareness, her ability to make sex a cosmic joke, was her single great contribution to the culture.  
• • Mae West: Sex joked about and taken irreverently • • ...  
• • To be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Boston Herald; published on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
• • On Tuesday, 5 August 1980 • •
• • Mae West signed a check to pay Beverly West $125.00 for maintenance and care of the ranch on Tuesday, 5 August 1980. This check was drawn on her personal account at the United California Bank.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • William LeBaron, Paramount producer, says that Mae West, whose four productions he has handled, will alternate between modern screenplays and those requiring costumes in the future, but will not attempt in any way to alter the type of her portrayals.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Don't ever make the same mistake twice — — unless it pays."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article about Hollywood movies mentioned Mae West.
• • "Mae West to Star" • •
• • Film Daily's West Coast columnist wrote: Hollywood — Mae West, the Broadway actress recently signed by Paramount, will make her first screen appearance as a contract player in "Honky Tonk," an adaptation of the stage play written by herself. Lowell Sherman is to film the production, which is being scenarized by John Bright.  ...
• • Source: The Film Daily; published in 1932
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • •
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — —
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,700 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,793rd blog post. Unlike many blogs, which draw upon reprinted content from a newspaper or a magazine and/ or summaries, links, or photos, the mainstay of this blog is its fresh material focused on the life and career of Mae West, herself an American original.

• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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